# lansa
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lancha, from Portuguese lancha, from Malay lancar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlansa/ [ˈl̪an̪.s̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: lan‧sa

### Noun

lánsa (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)
* launch; large, open motorboat

### Verb

lánsa (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)
* to travel by launch

#### See also

* bangka
* yate

## Faroese
### Alternative forms

* lansi

### Etymology

From Danish lanse, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, from Iberian or Celtiberian. Cognate of English lance and launch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlan̥.sa/

### Noun

lansa f (genitive singular lansu, plural lansur)
* lance

#### Declension
## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese lançar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lansa.

### Verb

lansa
* to throw
* to launch

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese lançar.

### Verb

lansa
* to throw
* to launch

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* lansen

### Noun

lansa m or f
* definite feminine singular of lanse

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* lansen

### Noun

lansa m or f
* definite feminine singular of lanse

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin lancea.

### Noun

lansa f (oblique plural lansas, nominative singular lansa, nominative plural lansas)
* lance (medieval weapon)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: lança

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lancea”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 151

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaŋsa/

### Noun

lansa f
* lance, spear

### Further reading

* https://www.piemonteis.com/dizionario-piemontese-italiano.php?lemma=LANSA100

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lancer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lanˈsa/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a lansa (third-person singular present lansează, past participle lansat) 1st conjugation
* to pitch
* to launch

#### See also

* arunca

### Further reading

* lansa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *laŋsa (“odor of fish, blood”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋ(ə)si (“fishy smell”), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋ(ə)si (“unpleasant odor”). Compare Bikol Central langsi, Aklanon eangsa, Cebuano langsa, and Maranao langensa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /lanˈsa/ [lɐn̪ˈsa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: lan‧sa

#### Noun

lansá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)
* characteristic fishy odor or taste
    Synonym: amoy-isda
* viscous substance covering the fish
* characteristic smell of blood (perceived as similar to a fishy smell)
* (figurative) obscenity
    Synonyms: laswa, kalaswaan, kabastusan

##### Alternative forms

* langsa — obsolete

##### Derived terms

* kalansahan
* malansa

#### See also

* gilik

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lanza, from Old Spanish lança, from Latin lancea, of Celtiberian origin.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlansa/ [ˈlan̪.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -ansa
* Syllabification: lan‧sa

#### Noun

lansa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ)
* lance; spear
    Synonym: sibat

### Further reading

* “lansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laŋ(e)si”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* alsan